Employment

Ageing and Employment Policies

Giving older people better work incentives and choices is crucial in the context of rapid population ageing and pressures on the sustainability of public social expenditures. The OECD is carrying out a new review of policies to encourage greater labour market participation at an older age by fostering employability, job mobility and labour demand.

This review will build upon the policy agenda that was presented in its major multi-country report, Live Longer, Work Longer, published in 2006. The review consists of several activities, including:

• Country case studies to evaluate the impact of recent policy reforms and identify good-practice measures.‌

• A comparative policy review of recent reforms and measures to stimulate employment of older workers

This policy review presents reforms implemented between 2005 and 2012 to stimulate employment of older people by the 21 countries that participated in the OECD review Live Longer, Work Longerin 2003-05.